Game counter

ABSTRACT

A score indicating device for the game of cribbage including a rotatable total score indicator and a rotatable partial score indicator drivingly connected therewith. Manually movable indexing apparatus is provided for simultaneously indexing the partial and total score indicators from their respective starting positions. The partial score indicator is manually returnable to its starting position and means is provided for retaining the total score indicator in an indexed position when the partial score indicator is so returned. Additional score indicators may also be provided for individually indicating the points individually accumulated in the dealer&#39;&#39;s crib and also points accumulated during the play of the individual hands.

United States Patent MacKenzie et al.

[4 1 Mar. 21, 1972 GAME COUNTER [72] Inventors: John D. MacKenzie; Edwin 0. Klemm,

both of Saginaw, Mich.

[73] Assignee: Pegless Cribbage Board Company,

[52] US. Cl ..235/112, 235/1 B [51] Int. Cl ....G04b 17/14, G04c 7/00 [58] Field of Search. ..235/109, 112, 1.2, 76,74,

3,434,453 3/1969 Felgner ..235/74 X FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 492,916 3/1930 Germany ..235/109 394,203 6/1933 Great Britain ..235/109 Primary Examiner-Richard B. Wilkinson Assistant ExaminerStanley A. Wall Attorney-Learman, Learman & McCulloch [57] ABSTRACT A score indicating device for the game of cribbage including a rotatable total score indicator and a rotatable partial score indicator drivingly connected therewith. Manually movable indexing apparatus is provided for simultaneously indexing the partial and total score indicators from their respective starting positions. The partial score indicator is manually returnable to its starting position and means is provided for retaining the total score indicator in an indexed position when the partial score indicator is so returned. Additional score indicators may also be provided for individually indicating the points individually accumulated in the dealer's crib and also points accumulated during the play of the individual hands.

17 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures PATENTEDMARZI I972 3,651,313

sum 1 [1F 2 {NVENTORS EDWIN o. KLEMM 370 A BY JOHN D. MACKENZIE Inna-a, lama dWcCulLaG/J' GAME COUNTER This invention relates to score indicating apparatus which is adapted for registering cribbage scores without the use of conventional pegs and pegboards. The game of cribbage is a card game in which the object is to form various counting combinations and in which each player is dealt five or six cards and discards one of two to make up a crib. The game is played by two or more players and points may be scored depending upon the counting combinations of the cards held in the players hand at the end of a hand, the cards in the dealers crib, and the counting combinations that accrue during the playing of the hand, the latter point accumulation being commonly known as pegging. The conventional score indicating apparatus for the game of cribbage conventionally comprises a flat board, commonly referred to as a pegboard, having a plurality of rows, commonly referred to as lanes or streets, each including 120 holes adapted to receive a small peg. Each time a player scores points, his peg is advanced a corresponding number of holes.

The use of the conventional pegboard and pegs for indicating the score of the cribbage player has many disadvantages. For example, the pegs are easily displaced from the holes in the pegboard, and thus a small inadvertent jar of the board often results in losing the score. Moreover, the pegs are often inadvertently placed in the wrong lanes which also results in an erroneous score. Further, the pegs are small and difiicult to manipulate, and a considerable finger dexterity is required to accurately position the pegs. Most importantly, there are no provisions for indicating the partial score obtained during any one hand, or the total points accumulated by each player during the entire game in either the crib or by pegging. For purposes of convenience, the conventional cribbage terms such as crib and pegging will be used throughout the specification, even though there are no pegs utilized in this apparatus.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to pro vide a counter for indicating total score and a partial score.

It is another object of the present invention to provide cribbage scoring apparatus for indicating the total game score, the partial score attained during any one hand, the cumulative score obtained in the crib in any one game, and the cumulative score obtained during the play of the hand during any one game.

Briefly, according to the present invention, there is provided a counter for the scoring of a game including a first rotatable partial score indicating means, a second rotatable, total score indicating means drivingly connected with he first score indicating means, and actuator means for indexing the first and second indicating means. The partial score indicating means is returnable to its starting position and means is provided for retaining the second total score indicating means in an indexed position during the return movement.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by the following description when considered in relation to the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of score indicating apparatus constructed according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational, sectional view, taken along the line 22 ofFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, parts broken away to more clearly illustrate the invention;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of score indicating apparatus formed according to an alternate embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, top plan sectional view, illustrating the relation of the intermeshing gears taken along the line 5- 5 of FIG. 6, parts being broken away to more clearly illustrate the invention; and

FIG. 6 is a side elevational, sectional view taken along the line 6-6 ofFIG. 5.

Apparatus constructed according to the present invention includes a casing, generally shown at C, including a bottom wall 10, side walls 12, end walls 12a, and a top wall 14 which forms a removable closure for the upper end of the housing C. A manipulatable actuator shaft 16, journaled in the upper and lower casing walls 14 and 12, respectively, has a pinion gear 18 journaled thereon which is in intermeshing relation with a larger gear 20 fixed on a shaft 22, also journaled in the upper and lower casing walls 14 and 12, respectively. The gear 20 is also in intermeshing relation with a gear 24 fixed to a shaft 26 which is similarly journaled in the upper and lower casing walls 14 and 12. A dial plate 28 having indicia scales thereon, as generally shown at 29, 30 and 31 (FIG. 1), concentric with shafts 26, 22 and 16, respectively, is sandwiched between the upper surface of the upper wall 14 and the underside of a transparent top plate 32 having apertures therein corresponding to the apertures which receive the shafts 16, 22 and 26 in the upper wall 14. Fixed to the upper end of the shaft 16, in any suitable manner such as by a pin 34a, is the collar 34b of a count arm 34 having a finger receiving aperture 35 therein adapted to receive the finger of an operator to facilitate movement of the count arm 34 between a pair of stop pins 34C and 34D which are secured to the upper side of the transparent top plate 32 on opposite sides of the shaft 16. The scale 31 adjacent the count am 34 is shown to include a plurality of elongated indicia marks 31a, each having one of the plurality of numerals l5 adjacent thereto. When the count am 34 is moved from one adjacent numeral to another, the pinion gear 18 is rotated a distance equal to the distance between the teeth on the gear 18.

Also fixed to the shaft 16 above the pinion gear 18 is a ratchet arm 36 having a pivot pin 36a depending therefrom on which a pawl 37 is pivotally mounted in a conventional manner. The pawl 37 is biased into engagement with he teeth 18a of the pinion 18 by a spring 37a mounted on the ratchet arm 36. Thus, when the count arm 34 is rotated counterclockwisely, the ratchet arm 36 carrying the pawl 37 also rotates counterclockwisely in the direction of the arrow 0 to drive the pinion l8 counterclockwisely. When the count arm 34 and ratchet arm 36 are moved clockwisely, the pawl 37 will escape the teeth 18a, and thus the gear 18 will not be rotated.

An indicating arm 38 is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the shaft 22 between a resilient washer 39, which is mounted on the shaft 22 and abuts a collar 40 fixed to the shaft 22, and a securing collar 41 fixed to the shaft 22 in any suitable manner such as with a pin 41a. By lowering the collar 41 on the shaft 22 to further compress the resilient washer 39, the resistance to movement of the indicator arm 38 relative to the shaft 22 may be increased. The scale 30 adjacent the indicator arm 38 includes the numerals 0420, the score of being the score required to win a complete cribbage game. The indicator pointer 38 is shown in the drawing at the 0, or start position, and, after the pointer has been moved through one complete revolution, by the gear 18 driving the gear 20, the game will be completed. The indicator 38 includes a knurled knob portion 38a which may be grasped manually for turning the indicator arm 38 counterclockwisely relative to the gear 22, opposite to the direction of scoring rotation which is indicated by the arrow b, to return the indicator arm to the start position. To prevent return movement of gear 20 when the indicator 38 is moved in a counterclockwise direction, a pawl member 42 is fixed at one end to the wall 12 of the container casing C and has its free end in engagement with he teeth 20b of the gear 20. The indicia 30 also includes an annular position indicator 30bdivided into quadrants of different colors to provide a readily visible indication of the stage of the game.

An indicating pointer 44 is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the shaft 26 between the resilient washer 44b, which is mounted on the shaft 26 and abuts a collar 46, and a securing collar 47 fixed to the upper end of the shaft 26 by a pin 47a. The collar 47 is vertically adjustable to compress the resilient washer 44b, thereby adjusting the frictional resistance to movement of the indicator 44 relative to the shaft 26. When the gear 20 drives the gear 24 counterclockwisely in the direction of the arrow 0, the indicator 44 also moves in the direction of the arrow away from a stop 45. The indicia scale 29 adjacent the indicator 44 includes the numerals 0-30. A knurled surface 44a is provided on the indicator 44 to facilitate moving the indicator in a counterclockwise return direction to return the indicator to its start position, (as shown in FIG. 1) against the stop 45, after a hand has been completed.

A movable stop S is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin p, which projects upwardly from the top plate 32, and is spring biased to the position shown in FIG. 1 by a spring s fixed to the underside of the upper plate 14. The stop S includes a radially inwardly projecting head h with a flat surface h which the pointer 38 engages when it is in the start position. The head h also includes a cam surface f which the pointer engages to displace the stop S radially outwardly against the force of biasing spring s to permit the pointer 38 to complete its cycle of rotatron.

In operation, assuming that points resulting from either the hand, the crib, or the play of the hand are to be scored, for example a score of 2, the count actuator 34 would be moved counterelockwisely in the direction of the arrow a to the number 2. The operator need not be exact in his manipulation of the count arm in that there is a certain amount of free movement between the pawl 37 and the teeth of the gear 18. Before the pawl 37 drivingly engages the forward face of one of the teeth of gear 18, it must slide over the rear face of an adjacent tooth. As long as the forward part of the actuator 34 is moved into alignment with he elongated mark 310 adjacent the numeral 2, the pinion gear 18 will move only two notches. When the gear 18 is moved two notches, the gears 20 and 24 are each driven two notches in the direction of arrows b and c, respectively, and the indicators 38 and 44 each accordingly moved into register with the numeral 2" on their respective scales 30 and 29. The count pointer 34 is then returned clockwisely to its start position against the stop 34D and, if desired, the arm 44 is returned clockwisely to its start position against the stop 45. When the next count i.e., 4" is to be recorded, the actuator 34 again is moved counterclockwisely to the numeral 4 of scale 31 to drive the gears 18 and 20 counterelockwisely and clockwisely respectively to move the indicating pointer 38 to register with the numeral 6" of scale 30. The gear 24 and shaft 30 are also driven counterclockwisely so that the partial score indicator 44 registers with the numeral 4 of the indicia 29. In this manner, the plater will be provided with his total score on the main indicating scale 30 as well as the score for the immediately preceding play on the partial score register 29. The knowledge of the immediately preceding play is particularly important to eliminate confusion arising from any inadvertent movement of the actuator 34 which would otherwise move the main indicator 38 an unknown distance. This partial score, of course, will also be indicated by the actuator 34 registering with the indicia 31 until such time as the actuator is returned to the stop 34D. The indicator 44 may also be utilized in another manner, i.e., to indicate the score accumulated during the playing of any one hand, including the score in the crib, the hand, and the play of the hand. When used in this manner, the pointer 44 would not be returned against the stop 45 until one complete hand was played and the actuator 34 would be utilized to indicate any partial score for immediately preceding play. When the counter is used in this manner, the actuator 34 remains adjacent the numeral of indicia scale 31 to which it was initially moved until the subsequent score is to be added. At this time the actuator is returned to the stop 34D and then is moved forwardly in the direction of the arrow a to register the subsequent score on the indicia 31. It should be understood that the direction of rotation of the gears 18, 20 and 24 could bereversed by reversing the pawl 36 so as to engage the gear 18 during a clockwise movement. In this case, the pawl 37 would escape the teeth of the gear 18 during movement of the arm 34 to the indicia 31. Movement of the gear 18 would only result when the arm 34 was returned to the start position ad jacent the stop 34D. In this manner, the operator could visually check the accuracy of movement of the arm 34 prior to any registration of score.

Referring now to the alternate embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, corresponding parts have been indicated with corresponding numerals. This embodiment adds, to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a pair of additional counting devices, generally designated CR and P, for respectively indicating the cumulative points scored in the crib and the cumulative points scored by the play of the hand (pegging). Since both of the counting devices are generally similar, only the peg counting device P will be described in detail and corresponding numerals with prime designations will indicate corresponding parts for the crib counting device CR. A shaft 50 is journaled in the upper and lower casing 14 and 10, respectively. A count arm or actuator 51, similar to the count arm 34, is fixed to the upper end of the shaft 50 and is movable between a pair of stops 51a and 51b mounted on the member 32. A ratchet arm 52 is fixed to the shaft 50 between upper and lower pinions 53 and 54 which are journaled on the shaft 50. Upper and lower pawls 55 and 56 are mounted on opposite sides of the ratchet arm 52 in a conventional manner and are biased into engagement with the teeth 53a and 54a of the gears 53 and 54 by springs 58 mounted on the ratchet arm 52. The pinion gear 54 is in intermeshing relation with the gear 20, and the pinion gear 53 is in intermeshing relation with the gear 60 fixed to a shaft 61 which is journaled in the walls 14 and 10. Pivotally mounted on the upper end of the shaft 61 is an indicator pointer 62 sandwiched between a resilient washer 63, which is mounted on the shaft 61 and abuts the annular flange 63a fixed to the shaft 61, and a vertically adjustable retaining collar 64 fixed to the outer end of the shaft 61. By vertically adjusting the collar 64, the resistance to movement of the indicator 62 relative to the shaft 61 may be controlled. lndicia, generally indicated at as the numerals l 5 and arcuate graduations 70a adjacent the numerals 1 5, is provided adjacent the actuator 51. lndicia 71, indicated by the numeral 0 60, is provided adjacent the indicator arm 62 as shown in FIG. 4.

When the actuator 51 of the peg counting device P is moved in the direction of the arrow d, the pawls 55 and 56 drive the upper and lower pinion gears 53 and 54, respectively. The lower pinion 54 will drive the gear 20 in the direction of the arrow b and the upper pinion 53 will simultaneously drive the gear 60 in the direction of the arrow e so as to simultaneously move the indicators 38 and 62 respectively. When the count arm 51 is returned again to its starting position against the stop 510, the pawls 55 and 56 will escape the teeth of the pinion gears 53 and 54 and the gears 20 and 60 will not be rotated.

When the gear 20 is moved in the direction of the arrow b by either the crib count actuator 51 or the hand count actuator 34, the indicating pointer 62 will not rotate because the pinion gear 54 will freely rotate on the shaft 50. Thus, by individually moving the count actuators 51, 51 and 34 when points are scored in the crib, during the pegging", and in the hand respectively, a separate cumulative record is kept of the crib score and pegging score by the indicator 38. The cumulative points scored in the hand may be readily obtained by subtracting the total of the crib score and pegging score from the game total of 120. The indicator 44, which will be returned to the start position after the play of each hand, will also move whenever the count actuators 51 or 34 are moved, and in this manner, the indicator 44 will provide a subtotal of the total points accumulated during the play of any one hand.

It should be understood that the actuator arms 34, 51 and 51' which are movable in a to-and-fro path provide an indexing facility which will rapidly index the indicators 44, 38, 62 and 62' to a score indicating position.

The invention is defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A counter for the scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising:

total score indicating means movable between a start position and a plurality of different score indicating positions; and partial score indicating means for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated by said total score indicating means and including actuator means movable in a forward actuating path of travel to any one of a plurality of different score indicating positions, and return, for simultaneously indexing said total score indicating means to selected ones of different score indicating positions each time the actuator means moves in said forward path of travel.

score indicating means is returnable from a score indicating position to its start position, and means for retaining said total score indicating means in an indexed position during the return movement.

3. A counter as set forth in claim 2 wherein said total and partial score indicating means include first and second interconnected gears and first and second indicator arms, respectively rotatably connected therewith.

4. A counter as set forth in claim 3 wherein said means for retaining said total score indicating means in said indexed position includes a pawl permitting movement of said first gear in only one direction.

5. The counter as set forth in claim 1 including additional A counter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said partial partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said total score indicating means and movable between a start position and a plurality of different score indicating positions for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated by said total score indicating means when said actuator means moves in said forward path.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1 wherein said actuator means includes a swingably mounted, manually movable actuator arm forwardly movable in a curvilinear path between-a start position and an indexing position to simultaneously index said first and second indicating means to selected ones of said score indicating positions.

7. A counter as set forth in claim 5 including fourth partial score indicating means; indexing means for simultaneously driving said fourth indicating means and said additional partial score indicating means; and means for preventing movement of said fourth indicating means when said additional partial score indicating means is indexed by said actuator means.

8. A counter as set forth in claim 7 wherein said total score indicating means is returnable to its start position; and means of preventing movement of said first mentioned and additional partial score indicating means during the return movement.

9. A counter as set forth in claim 6 including a gear connected with said total score indicating means and said first mentioned partial score indicating means, said actuator arm includes a pawl for driving said gear during movement in one direction along said curvilinear path.

10. A counter as set forth in claim 9 wherein said means for indexing includes stop means for interrupting the movement of said actuator arm when it is returned to the start position.

11. A counter for scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising:

first score indicating means movable between a start position and a score indicating position;

second partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said first score indicating means and movable between a start position and a score indicating position for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said first indicating means;

third partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said second total score indicating means;

first actuator means for simultaneously indexing said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions;

second actuator means for simultaneously indexing said third indicating means and said first indicating means to score indicating positions; and

means for preventing movement of said third indicating means when said second indicating means is driven by said first mentioned indexing means. 12. A counter as set forth in claim 11 wherein said indicia of one of said indicating means further includes an annular position indicator means divided into quadrants to indicate the stage of the game.

13. A counter for the scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising:

first score indicating means movable between a start position and a score indicating position;

second score indicating means drivingly connected with said first score indicating means and movable between a start position and a score indicating position for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said first indicating means; actuator means for simultaneously indexing said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions;

said first and second score indicating means each including an indicator and score indicating indicia, the indicator and indicia of each score indicating means being relatively movable;

said first and second score indicating means each including means frictionaliy engaging the indicators of said first and second score indicating means for driving the indicators of said first and second score indicating means respectively; said first and second indicators being returnable to their respective start positions; and

means for preventing movement of said actuator means during said return movement.

14. A counter as set forth in claim 13 wherein said stop means is movable from a position interrupting the movement of the actuator to a removed, noninterrupting position; means biasing said stop means in said interrupting position; said stop means including means responsive to said actuator moving to an indexed position to move said stop means to said noninterrupting position.

15. A counter for the scoring of a game such as cribbage, said counter comprising:

total score indicating means including an indicator and indicia, one of said indicator and said indicia being rotatable relative to the other about a first axis between a start position and a score indicating position; partial score indicating means for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said total score indicating means and including score indicating indicia and an actuator swingably movable about a second axis to a score indicating position for rotating said one of said indicator and said first mentioned indicia relative to the other to said score indicating positions; means coupling said actuator and said total score indicating means for movement such that rotation of said actuator about said second axis through a given angle results in rotation of said one of said indicator and first mentioned indicia about said first axis through a predetermined lesser angle so that the score tallied is more easily viewed on said partial score indicating means than on said total score indicating means said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions;

second actuator means for simultaneously indexing said third indicating means and said first indicating means to score indicating positions; and

means for preventing movement of said third indicating means when said second indicating means is driven by said first mentioned indexing means.

16. A counter for scoring of a game, such as cribbage and comprising:

score indicating means including an indicator means and indicia means, said indicator means and said indicia means being relatively movable between start and score indicating positions; and

actuator means including a manually movable actuator arm and score indicating indicia relatively movable in a toand-fro path between start and indexing positions to relatively move said indicator means and said indicia means to score indicating positions; said actuator means including drive means frictionally engaging one of said indicator means of said indicia means for driving said one of said indicator means or indicia means relative to the other in a first direction only and permitting said one of said indicator means or said indicia means to be manually returned relative to the other and to said drive means in the opposite direction to said start position.

17. A counter for scoring a game, such as cribbage and comprising:

score indicating means including an indicator means and indicia means, said indicator means and said indicia means being relatively movable between start and score indicat- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3 "6514313 I Dated March 21 v 1972 Inventor(s) John D. MacKenzie et a1 It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 5, line 66 (actual lines and not as indicated by numerals in margins) cancel "second total" and insert first Column 6, line 57 (actual lines and not as indicated by numerals in margin of patent) delete beginning with "said first and" to and. including "said first mentioned indexing means" in column 6, line 64.

Column 7, line 4, change "of" to or (SEAL) Attest:

ROBERT GUTISCHALK EDWARD M.FLETCHER,JR.

Commissioner of Patents Attesting Officer USCOMM-DC 6O376-P69 U45. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: I96! O366-334 FORM PO-IO50 (10-69) 3,651,313 Dated March 21, 1972 Patent No.

Inventor(s) John D, MacKenzie et a1 It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 5, line 66 (actual lines and not as indicated by numerals in margins) cancel "second total" and insert first 1 Column 6, line 57 (actual lines and not as indicated by numerals in margin of patent) delete beginning with "said first and" to and including "said first mentioned indexing means" in column 6, line 64.

Column 7, line 4, change "of" to or Signed and sealed this 25th day of July 1972.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD MQFLETCHERJR. ROBERT GUTTSCHALK Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents FORM PC4050 (1O'59) USCOMM-DC 60376-P69.

U.si GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 959 0-366-334 

1. A counter for the scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising: total score indicating means movable between a start position and a plurality of different score indicating positions; and partial score indicating means for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated by said total score indicating means and including actuator means movable in a forward actuating path of travel to any one of a plurality of different score indicating positions, and return, for simultaneously indexing said total score indicating means to selected ones of different score indicating positions each time the actuator means moves in said forward path of travel.
 2. A counter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said partial score indicating means is returnable from a score indicating position to its start position, and means for retaining said total score indicating means in an indexed position during the return movement.
 3. A counter as set forth in claim 2 wherein said total and partial score indicating means include first and second interconnected gears and first and second indiCator arms, respectively rotatably connected therewith.
 4. A counter as set forth in claim 3 wherein said means for retaining said total score indicating means in said indexed position includes a pawl permitting movement of said first gear in only one direction.
 5. The counter as set forth in claim 1 including additional partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said total score indicating means and movable between a start position and a plurality of different score indicating positions for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated by said total score indicating means when said actuator means moves in said forward path.
 6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1 wherein said actuator means includes a swingably mounted, manually movable actuator arm forwardly movable in a curvilinear path between a start position and an indexing position to simultaneously index said first and second indicating means to selected ones of said score indicating positions.
 7. A counter as set forth in claim 5 including fourth partial score indicating means; indexing means for simultaneously driving said fourth indicating means and said additional partial score indicating means; and means for preventing movement of said fourth indicating means when said additional partial score indicating means is indexed by said actuator means.
 8. A counter as set forth in claim 7 wherein said total score indicating means is returnable to its start position; and means of preventing movement of said first mentioned and additional partial score indicating means during the return movement.
 9. A counter as set forth in claim 6 including a gear connected with said total score indicating means and said first mentioned partial score indicating means, said actuator arm includes a pawl for driving said gear during movement in one direction along said curvilinear path.
 10. A counter as set forth in claim 9 wherein said means for indexing includes stop means for interrupting the movement of said actuator arm when it is returned to the start position.
 11. A counter for scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising: first score indicating means movable between a start position and a score indicating position; second partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said first score indicating means and movable between a start position and a score indicating position for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said first indicating means; third partial score indicating means drivingly connected with said second total score indicating means; first actuator means for simultaneously indexing said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions; second actuator means for simultaneously indexing said third indicating means and said first indicating means to score indicating positions; and means for preventing movement of said third indicating means when said second indicating means is driven by said first mentioned indexing means.
 12. A counter as set forth in claim 11 wherein said indicia of one of said indicating means further includes an annular position indicator means divided into quadrants to indicate the stage of the game.
 13. A counter for the scoring of a game, such as cribbage, and comprising: first score indicating means movable between a start position and a score indicating position; second score indicating means drivingly connected with said first score indicating means and movable between a start position and a score indicating position for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said first indicating means; actuator means for simultaneously indexing said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions; said first and second score indicating means each including an indicator and score indicating indicia, the indicator and indicia of each score indicating means being relatively movable; said first and second score indicating means each includinG means frictionally engaging the indicators of said first and second score indicating means for driving the indicators of said first and second score indicating means respectively; said first and second indicators being returnable to their respective start positions; and means for preventing movement of said actuator means during said return movement.
 14. A counter as set forth in claim 13 wherein said stop means is movable from a position interrupting the movement of the actuator to a removed, noninterrupting position; means biasing said stop means in said interrupting position; said stop means including means responsive to said actuator moving to an indexed position to move said stop means to said noninterrupting position.
 15. A counter for the scoring of a game such as cribbage, said counter comprising: total score indicating means including an indicator and indicia, one of said indicator and said indicia being rotatable relative to the other about a first axis between a start position and a score indicating position; partial score indicating means for indicating a subtotal of the score indicated on said total score indicating means and including score indicating indicia and an actuator swingably movable about a second axis to a score indicating position for rotating said one of said indicator and said first mentioned indicia relative to the other to said score indicating positions; means coupling said actuator and said total score indicating means for movement such that rotation of said actuator about said second axis through a given angle results in rotation of said one of said indicator and first mentioned indicia about said first axis through a predetermined lesser angle so that the score tallied is more easily viewed on said partial score indicating means than on said total score indicating means said first and second indicating means to score indicating positions; second actuator means for simultaneously indexing said third indicating means and said first indicating means to score indicating positions; and means for preventing movement of said third indicating means when said second indicating means is driven by said first mentioned indexing means.
 16. A counter for scoring of a game, such as cribbage and comprising: score indicating means including an indicator means and indicia means, said indicator means and said indicia means being relatively movable between start and score indicating positions; and actuator means including a manually movable actuator arm and score indicating indicia relatively movable in a to-and-fro path between start and indexing positions to relatively move said indicator means and said indicia means to score indicating positions; said actuator means including drive means frictionally engaging one of said indicator means of said indicia means for driving said one of said indicator means or indicia means relative to the other in a first direction only and permitting said one of said indicator means or said indicia means to be manually returned relative to the other and to said drive means in the opposite direction to said start position.
 17. A counter for scoring a game, such as cribbage and comprising: score indicating means including an indicator means and indicia means, said indicator means and said indicia means being relatively movable between start and score indicating positions; actuator means including a manually movable actuator arm and score indicating indicia relatively movable in a to-and-fro path between start and indexing positions to move at least one of said indicator means or said indicia means relative to the other to score indicating positions; said one of said indicator means or said indicia means being manually returnable relative to the other from said score indicating position to said start position; and stop means for interrupting the return movement when said one of said indicator means or said indicia means reaches the start position. 